Affordable Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

Posted Category: Aarhus

Åarhus Implementation Guide  This is of assistance both on the National Renewables Energy Action Plan NREAP issues (EU decision) and access to justice (‘not prohibitively expensive’ – UK decision). Following the judgement on 13th February 2014 in case C-530/11: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d2dc                30d69d1888abd6a44ec28610b918cefe2fe1.e34KaxiLc3qMb40Rch0SaxuOa                 […]

Complaints to UNECE: Why the Scottish and UK windfarm policy should be tested in a court of law?

Posted Category: Aarhus

The UK’s National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) is in breach of the Åarhus Convention Åarhus Implementation Guide   Pat SWORDS from Ireland and Christine Metcalfe from Argyle have both taken complaints about the legality of the Renewable Energy programmes to the United Nations Compliance Committee. Their complaints have been ratified.  ACCC/C/2012/68  and ACCC/C/2010/54. Both rulings […]

The Right to Environmental Information – a case study

Posted Category: Aarhus

5th December 2013       Growing an informed Scotland Presentation by Christine Metcalfe (to be delivered to HOLYROOD’S 11th.ANNUAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION & EIA Conference)                            Re. The Ratified Aarhus Compliance Committee’s decision affecting the:                                             […]

The Principle or Proportionality and reasons for access to information

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The Principle of Proportionality ‘The extent of the action must be in keeping with the aim pursued’. There has to be access to the ‘reasons and considerations of the decision’, such that in the Article 3 step the environmental issues are independently weighed up and concluded on. This then leads on to the broader issue […]